Posts Tagged ‘localization’
Translation & Localization Style Guides: Introduction & Downloads
As listed in the tip on translation glossaries, three tools that help maintain consistency in a company's translation include glossaries, style guides, and translation memory. Glossaries help maintain consistency at the term level, translation memories help maintain consistency at the sentence level, and style guides help fill in the gaps by [...]
Translation & Localization Glossaries: Guide & Downloads
Consistency is an important measure of quality in translation. Three tools that help maintain consistency in a company's translation include glossaries, style guides, and translation memory. Glossaries help maintain consistency at the term level, translation memories help maintain consistency at the sentence level, and style guides help fill in [...]
Kill the Russians? | Japanese Video Game Localization Error
A few months ago, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released and began setting numerous world records for video game sales. Unfortunately, the game also received negative publicity for including some frustrating mistranslations. At the center of the issues is the "No Russian" scene, in which Vladimir Makarov is supposed to tell the player [...]
Top 10 Web Languages
If you want to reach non-English speaking internet users, what languages should you focus on first? Well, the answer depends on several different factors. However, if you would like to reach the maximum number of internet users, regardless of other demographics, then you might consider some of the top languages spoken by internet users [...]
Google notranslate: Preventing Automatic Translation by Google
If your company website has already been localized or if you plan to localize it into other languages, you will want to ensure that your clients see that high quality human translation, not the machine translation provided by Google. Google can provide automatic translation of search results for users browsing in other languages. However, Google [...]
Translation Bloopers: Subscribe Today via Email!
Orem, UT (PRWEB) January 12, 2010 -- Globalization Group, Inc. (GGI) announces the weekly publication of translation bloopers. Users of translation services can receive a free email subscription to international mistranslations and blunders. “This year localization professionals began signing up for our Weekly Translation Tips to achieve [...]
Weekly Translation Tips via Email
PRWEB - Globalization Group, Inc. (GGI) today announced the publication of weekly translation tips and best practices. Professionals who use language services can subscribe to receive free weekly emails with hints and advice on how to save time, reduce costs, and improve translation and localization quality. “As the New Year begins, and [...]
Spotlight on Reid Tanaka, Executive VP & COO
Reid Tanaka, Executive Vice President & COO Co-founder of Globalization Group, Reid currently oversees the overall direction of GGI's operations and global growth. Reid focuses on developing innovative processes and solutions that address client challenges of localization and globalization. Based on his commitment to excellence, Reid also [...]
A Student’s Perspective of Localization World
Read about a student's perspective of the Localization World Conference last October in Silicon Valley. One translation student's comments and observations were recorded before, during, and at the conclusion of the conference.
Localization Manager of the Year Joins Globalization Group, Inc.
It has now been five years since Kevin Maryott joined Globalization Group, Inc. This was the press release announcing the event. Kevin Maryott, the ClientSide News (CSN) Excellence in Localization Awards, 2004 Localization Manager of the Year, has joined Globalization Group, Inc. based in Orem, Utah. He will head their localization solutions [...]
